Roman Catholic parish
St Sigismund
05-507 Słomczyn
85 Wiślana Str.
Konstancin deanery
Warsaw archdiocese
Poland
GENOCIDE perpetrated by UKRAINIANS on POLES
Data for 1943–1947
Murders
Perpetrators:
Ukrainians
Victims:
Poles
Number of victims:
min.:
101
max.:
101
Location
events (incidents)
ref. no:
01746
date:
1943.07.12
site
description
general info
Twerdynie
The Ukrainians murdered 10 Poles.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siemaszko Ewa, Bereza Tomasz, „July 1943 in Volhynia”
Among the victims was the family of the administrator of the Dzikowski estate: Stanisław's daughter, her parents and brothers.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
10
min. 10
max. 10
ref. no:
01747
date:
1943.07.12
site
description
general info
Twerdynie
In early July: „The Ukrainians placed a large oak cross on a mound that had been made earlier. at the ceremony of blessing the mound and the cross in honor of «achieved and future victory», celebrated by four Orthodox clergymen, in which the UPA, young people with their teacher and the local Ukrainian population participated, firearms, axes and pitchforks, etc., tools were sacrificed, and one he agitated the popes to exterminate «Lachs» and the communists”.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
source: Siemaszko Władysław, Siemaszko Ewa, „The genocide perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists on the Polish population of Volhynia 1939 - 1945”, in: Warsaw 2000, p. 170
Weapons and tools were used to slaughter Poles on July 12. Even 15‑year‑old girls were mutilated, tortured and raped. At least 70 Poles were killed.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „75th anniversary of the genocide – July 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
at least 70
min. 70
max. 70
ref. no:
02422
date:
1943.08.02
site
description
general info
Twerdynie
The local Ukrainians murdered 2 Poles: Kazimierz Sobótko, 16, and Sigismud Fekner, 28, who came from the village of Gruszówka to look for their relatives.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
2
min. 2
max. 2
ref. no:
02668
date:
1943.08.29
site
description
general info
Twerdynie
Orthodox feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary: The Ukrainians murdered the six–person Papużyński family.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „The 75th anniversary of the genocide – August and the summer of 1943”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
6
min. 6
max. 6
ref. no:
05087
date:
1944.02.20
site
description
general info
Twerdynie
In the UPA ambush, 13 partisans of the Home Army AK „Gzyms” were killed, 7 were saved, including 5 injured; one seriously wounded person committed suicide so as not to hinder his colleagues' dramatic retreat.
source: Żurek Stanisław, „Calendar of the genocide, February 1944”; in: portal: Volhynia — web page: wolyn.org [accessible: 2021.02.04]
perpetrators
Ukrainians
victims
Poles
number of
textually:
13
min. 13
max. 13
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EXPLANATIONs
- Lack of info about the perpetrators in the description of a given event (Incident) indicates that the blame should be attributed to the perpetrators listed in general info section.
- The name of the site used during II Republic of Poland times indicates an official name used in 1939.
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